2019 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking first introduced the world university rankings by academic subjects in 2009, which was officially renamed the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) in 2017. GRAS evaluates world universities across 57 subjects in the fields of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. GRAS is based on nine objective indicators grouped into five categories: World-Class Faculty, World-Class Research Output, High-Quality Research, Research Impact, and International Collaboration. Each year, GRAS presents around 20,000 subject units from approximately 2,000 universities across some 100 countries and regions.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	360.5	72.4	79.5	70.6	94.5	100.0
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	319.0	68.3	90.3	66.4	87.4	59.8
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	299.8	57.9	80.6	69.4	81.9	65.5
4	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	291.9	69.6	70.1	72.1	100.0	37.8
5	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	271.1	63.8	98.1	84.3	65.5	26.7
6	Harvard University Harvard University United States	251.6	56.3	82.5	69.7	52.6	46.3
7	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	247.3	100.0	74.5	67.4	59.3	0.0
8	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	243.6	50.5	68.7	65.5	57.9	53.5
9	Princeton University Princeton University United States	242.6	45.0	81.6	67.0	60.3	42.3
10	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	240.1	58.7	73.3	79.4	54.4	37.8
11	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	231.5	53.9	79.4	62.8	58.9	26.7
12	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	230.2	54.6	78.2	75.1	55.7	26.7
13	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	227.2	85.7	83.5	84.2	41.2	0.0
14	Cornell University Cornell University United States	223.4	43.1	72.8	64.5	61.9	32.7
15	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	220.9	56.9	80.6	65.8	43.6	26.7
16	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	219.2	75.3	77.2	85.8	49.5	0.0
17	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	211.8	38.0	92.1	68.5	30.2	37.8
18	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	209.8	64.3	70.9	69.1	60.7	0.0
19	University College London University College London United Kingdom	207.3	55.5	80.5	82.4	54.9	0.0
20	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	206.9	58.4	79.3	63.1	56.5	0.0
21	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	206.0	47.6	68.9	82.1	35.4	37.8
22	Columbia University Columbia University United States	205.5	49.3	87.9	68.2	54.7	0.0
23	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	205.0	56.6	87.6	66.7	47.5	0.0
24	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	203.7	60.9	74.0	67.7	55.3	0.0
25	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	202.6	34.6	74.4	78.2	31.7	46.3
26	University of Washington University of Washington United States	202.4	47.3	72.8	60.9	70.1	0.0
27	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	201.9	81.3	76.3	66.9	30.9	0.0
27	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	201.9	54.2	82.8	80.2	48.9	0.0
29	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney Australia	201.1	56.3	97.7	86.8	29.7	0.0
30	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	200.8	44.8	100.0	61.1	43.7	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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